but i would agree with maria that joe biden was effective and i think democrats were definitely very pleased with his performance. i also think that republicans were generally pretty pleased with paul ryan's performance. so i'd overall say that you could come away from that debate wi many different impressions. >> there was an interesting cnn orc poll that i wanted to share with both of you. the question was, is ryan qualified to be president? and the answer, 60% said yes. and 38% said no. so maria, what do you say to that? >> well, i think that he's right in terms of a lot of republicans -- and i think democrats, too, saw that ryan held his own. he had a solid performance. and so i think that judging from that, a lot of voters said well, you know, if this ticket is elected, then paul ryan would certainly have at some point the standing to be president, and so i think in that sense, a lot of republicans were happy with the job performance that he laid out in the vice presidential debate. but again -- and i agree, you can come out of this, both parties, very happy with what happened.